Crossing The Mackenzie River enroute from Fort McPherson to Inuvik, Northwest Territories.
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- Yukon Rambles with Robin and Ruby: Crossing The Mackenzie River enroute from Fort McPherson to Inuvik, Northwest Territories, June 16, 2019.
Episode 19E22
Robin is a 2015 T@B travel trailer. Ruby is a 2019 Subaru Outback.
In this episode of Rambles with Robin and Ruby, we cross the mighty Mackenzie River, hike an area where the surface of the Earth started to split apart, and reached Inuvik, Northwest Territories. The weather was fabulous. The sky was blue. The temperature reached a balmy 17C, or 62 F, in Inuvik. And we continued to enjoy the spectacular midnight Sun.
Geological and other natural curiosities include: a) tundra; b) Boreal forest; c) Mackenzie River; d) Campbell Lake reversing delta; e) Peel Plain; f) Peel River; g) Laurentide ice sheet; h) last ice age; i) Deh-Cho Big River; j) Great Slave Lake; k) Arctic Ocean; l) Mackenzie River basin; m) Mackenzie River delta; n) Campbell uplift; o) Sitidgi Graben; p) wildflowers; q) Arctic Lupine (Lupinus arcticus); r) Pretty Jacob's-Ladder (Polemonium pulcherrimum); s) Narrowleaf Leopardbane (Arnica angustifolia); t) Raup's Indian-Paintbrush (Castilleja raupii); u) Dwarf Arctic Groundsel (Packera cymbalaria); v) Beautiful Sandwort (Sabulina rubella); w) Lapland Azalea (Rhododendron lapponicum); x) Entireleaf Mountain-Avens (Dryas integrifolia); y) Mountain Deathcamas (Anticlea elegans); z) Thallose liverwort, possibly Common Liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha); and aa) Tussock Cotton-grass (Eriophorum vaginatum).
Also mentioned are the following communities and geographic sites: a) Fort McPherson; b) Dempster Highway; c) Inuvik; d) Northwest Territories; e) Happy Valley Territorial Park; f) ; g) ; h) Mackenzie River ferry; i) Nitainlaii Territorial Park; j) Tuktoyaktuk; k) Tsiigehtchic; l) Khąįįląįį (Gwich’in name) - Rengleng River; m) Tithegeh Chi'vitail Territorial Park; n) igloo Church - Our Lady of Victory Church.
Andy Fyon
Cool ! our rock band, as 22 yr olds drove fr Calgary to Inuvik to play in The Mackenzie Hotel, June - Sept, 1983. Did the drive in a schoolbus, it was awesome. The North is fantastic.
1983! Wow. And in a school bus! That must have been an adventure of a lifetime. The Dempster Highway itself would have been an adventure. We stayed in the MacKenzie Hotel back in 2007 or 2008. It was hopping LOL
Thanks for the tour of part of the Mackenzie River valley. Ever since reading the James Oliver Curwood books over forty years ago in high school I have wanted to see this area, however I have never found the time or resources to get up there, it was nice of you to help me and others to experience this virtually.
Thanks Bob
Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts and I appreciate your comments. As "they" say, it is never to late to experience in person. (Andy)
Thank you for this very informative video. In 2019 my wife and left our RV in Inuvik then flew to Yellowknife with our folding kayak and paddled back to Inuvik. Wish we had a time machine and saw your video before our trip. It would have made our trip more enjoyable.
Glad you enjoyed it. We toured Yellowknife area in 2013, but via road and foot, not by kayak. The Mackenzie kayak trip must have been spectacular.
Quite the drive! I live in Yellowknife im glad people love the north!
Thanks for the comment. We do love the north. I see many people who go north for the first time and they just cannot believe the "hold" it has on them. They are captured. We were in Yellowknife and the rest of Northwest Territories in 2013. Also an amazing place. It was the summer of the fires!
@@rambleswithrobinandruby9422 Wow thats crazy what a year for fires! Enjoyed the video
@@JoeDirtsDaddy___7 Glad you enjoyed it. Stay safe.